@@larryshores9402 Nah, that's called losing your employee to another place of work willing to pay more for the service. That's capitalism, the demand for an employee is high, the supply is low, pay people what it's worth. If you have a business that can't pay a living wage, well per the free market, the business should not exist and be filled by one that can.
On the other side we've had companies quiet promoting people by gradually tripling your workload without the title or increased pay. You end up burning out as they wring every last drop of productivity out of you and then leave voluntarily so they don't pay unemployment and then find someone new to grind into paste😂
@@cappehnkrunchExactly right.. my goal running my business is to get as much work for as little pay as possible, while the employee's goal is the opposite. Not sure why that is controversial or surprising
@@ElladrilThat's the end goal, though there are lines that have been crossed such as amazon warehouse employees needing to pee in bottles or they'd get fired for not performing as expected, the employees don't have the leverage to just not work or they'd be homeless which is a vulnerability that the greediest, most Inhuman companies will gladly exploit.
There’s quiet firing where the employer isn’t going to really fire you but they’re also not going to promote you or pay you more even if you’re exceeding expectations and going above and beyond.
That's exactly where you practice this there are jobs were there is no reason whatsoever do go above and beyond you will not get a raise or even aword of appreciation infact being more efficient means they will heap more on you
you do the minimal requirement to fulfill the job you are being paid for. and suddenly its called "Quitting" i love this society, so fucking fair and just
It’s corporate propaganda born from liberal newspapers in NY & DC owned by big monopoly companies and spread throughout linked in. Don’t allow that kinda language to take over
Imagine living in the US and being so stupid and cruel that you side with the employer over "quiet quitting." And people agreeing to a salary is a lil different when one side is just trying to get away with paying the bare minimum amount and the other side is just trying to fucking exist. You know how many homeless people in this country work full time jobs? Most of them. I will never, ever, EVER understand how you could live in the same country as the coal wars, the t-shirt factory fire, the radium girls, and a damn near 50% poverty rate despite being the wealthiest nation on Earth and STILL not be on the side of labor.
@@Airdaman1enough to where if they work 40 hour weeks they're able to afford to live relatively comfortably with enough savings for that $400 emergency in your general area. It's really not that difficult. If you're hiring it means you need the job done. People need to live. In this country you can't live without a living wage. If someone works for you even close to full time and are still living paycheck to paycheck you're not paying them enough. And if you can't afford to pay them enough, then you shouldn't be worrying about a work force anyway. You're obviously not big enough to justify one.
I'll never forget learning this lesson years ago, I was doing 3 different roles at the job and was relied on a lot to get things done when they needed to. My colleague eventually sat me down "Your an idiot, I get paid the exact same amount as you only I do less then half the work" took like a decade before the lesson really stuck but it's so important set boundaries and work in a sustainable way.
People are just sick and tired of being exploited for their good nature. Knowing full well the company will not return the favor when the roles are reversed.
@@EmazingGuitar why so snarky about a very honest and true statement? Perhaps you’re one of the people doing the exploiting and finding it more difficult these days?
True. Instead of give you an incentive to work hard you get a punishment for working hard. Let's say Bob has a job that takes 6hrs to complete, and busts ass and completes it in 4.5hrs. Instead of praise or reward, what really happens is you are now required to have it done in under 5hrs every time from now on, and get nothing for it. Another example is when a job takes 2 ppl to complete, yet 1 quits or takes leave and the remaining employee finds a way to complete the job by themselves, often in a risky or unpleasant way that isn't long term sustainable, and the reward they get is the other position doesn't get filled again, so now you have to do it alone bc we see that it can somehow be done, and it costs us half as much so screw you but thanks for doing such a good job. Here's a $0.15 raise. Never give your employer 100% ever no matter what.
Quiet quitting is basically a concept which many people have been practicing for a long time already. Providing you are in a profession and position in which the role isn't easily replaceable, then doing the minimum you can probably get away with it. This is the attitude people can also develop from organisations not compensating them favourably. If you want people to perform above average, work late and deliver great work and to go the extra mile, you need to provide an incentive for this upfront, otherwise why would people do it.
It isn’t even the minimum - it’s literally just doing the job I’m hired to do - “acting my wage”. If I’m a manager, I don’t work a the district manager level - I hand district management issues and duties to the district manager to handle. That’s what HE gets paid to do. No grandiose thinking , like, “if I go above and beyond” they’ll know I can be counted on & possibly promote me…” Because - they will NEVER see your worth & just take it for granted that you’ll always do the higher work for the lesser pay.
Not to mention, it's not as if doing someone else's job is some kind of high-road. No one asked you to take on additional tasks, and no one will reward you for doing them.
Imagine a world where companies and their owners systematically pay you more when you go over what you are paid for, rather than you doing more in the uncertain hope that you might get paid more in the form of a bonus which isn't quantified at the begin of the contract.
When I'm hired as an employee, I sign a contract with my employer & we both agree what my job duties are & what my compensation is. If my job duties are going to be increased then we need to renegotiate my compensation. Simple as.
My boss recently pointed out that my job duties say “other duties as assigned”, so they can get away with making me do things that aren’t listed. And they wonder why people don’t “go above and beyond”. It’s because you haven’t earned the loyalty or respect of your employees.
Whilst I do agree with this, it only really applies if you have critical skills, which are not easily replaced. In most cases, if you start causing trouble by demanding more money, they'll just manage you out of the job, and replace you with someone more compliant.
I’m blessed to not have ran into this problem I’ve put in my hours and more and been promoted several times for it and now am moving on to a better opportunity at a different company. It’s wise to gauge your situation, sometimes it’s worth going above and beyond and sometimes it isn’t.
I’ve done that before . If they aren’t going to respect your work and your efforts and support you with issues that arise it’s time to find new employment
Imagine an agreement being made between you and an employer to do certain tasks for a specified amount of money. Then imagine you do all those tasks as asked to the quickest and best of your ability and getting told you’re a bad employee for not “going above and beyond” and doing more than what was agreed to lmao if you wanted more stuff done say that then pay the guy more.
@@kylefleming7680 no dude but if you're the worst worker there and they need to get rid of somebody because of funding etc etc you will be the first to go, I don't know how people struggle to understand this. And say goodbye to any raises lmao, I actually wanna move up thanks
Or you can quit being a stupid p*** on and learn how to run your own business and thrive. Didn't take me long to realize being an employee was an absolute joke of the century.
People only dial back when there is no reward for going the extra mile. Simply by giving your employees quarterly bonuses based upon company and individual performance, annual/semiannual raises, and promotions is a great way to encourage employees to work harder and more efficient. People work for money and more money is more commitment. What has happened was to many college graduates got managerial positions without moving through the ranks and believe employees are only a cost and not assets.
Quiet quitters is a word made of by employers who do not want to pay their employees enough and expect way more than what they're paying for do not work for free go in where you're supposed to go in and leave when you're supposed to leave but you soon be taken advantage of just because the employer wants free labor
Been in the same job 13 years and put in all my energy, time and used to stress about my job 24/7. Not 1 raise, not 1 positive recognition, so yes after so many years of 0 effort from the company to make you feel like you are worth something I have silently quit but actively looking for a new job. A lot of companies take advantage of talent and keep them in a box. I’m done with it, I need to thrive and use my creativity like I was born to do. ❤️
People who went above and beyond for years and got exploited begin to quiet quit when they no longer accept to be exploited. People who never worked hard to begin with are not quiet quitters.
I quit my substitute teaching job after my failure to engage the 8th graders. I felt I was in with prison inmates and not with teenagers. 2 gangs in the classroom blankly disregarding my instructions. Only 6 children were interested in my services. The school deleted my name from substitute teaching. I cannot do this “quiet quitting” because I do care about giving my best. I asked myself before living “what am I doing here.” The answer was obvious: “throwing pearls to the swine”
Quietly quit my job about 3 months back after terrible burnout. Job literally was killing my soul. Just doing the bare minimum now until I have a new job.
It used to be that going above and beyond got you noticed and got you better rewards. That ended over 20 years ago but no one said anything so they have just been hoping workers would go above and beyond for the hope of better reward. But that better reward doesn't come. The only way you can move upward now is to change jobs. So at each job do what you are expected to do, and work the hours you are scheduled. When it's the end of your shift you stop clock out and come back the next day.
A number of years ago, I was pulled into the office and I was asked why I wasn't going above and beyond (which I did have the capability to), To which I gave some very good reasons, and calmly stated that I have no reason to work any harder... since there was no financial reward.... His response: "You have to get this idea of incentives out of your head" So guess who still didn't work any harder??? Pay me the minimum... and you'll get the minimum.
A as r a nonprofit, I learned that if we go above and beyond, TPTB will see that and say “why do we need to budget for another employee when we’re getting the work done with just one person?” It’s wild. I love my work. You get forty hours. I’m doing some grocery shopping on your dime. I’m also answering emails on my days off. Because Thursdays and Fridays are my days off and timely communication is key. So ima abuse you like you abuse me and we cool.
People have been doing this for decades. It's not a new concept. They just came up with a catchy phrase to describe it. We used to say "just collecting a check".
- You're fired because your performance has fallen. If you get your emoloyees to sign a contract that states you can fire them anytime for any reason, this works perfectly. I've done it.
That’s a derisive definition of “quiet quitting.” QQ = no longer going above & beyond, but performing the job as stipulated. “The bare minimum” is really rather a sneer at doing work AT WORK & refusing to take it home with you. As a work culture we’ve become so used to the idea that you’re supposed to do 120% (passion! hustle! teamwork!) that employers think something’s wrong if you’re only doing 100%. You got hired to do the job, not the job+.
Silently quitting a job can have negative consequences for both the individual and the organization. It can cause confusion, disrupt workflow, and reflect poorly on professionalism. Open and honest communication is key to minimizing these effects and maintaining positive relationships for future success.
Ive never thought that to be quiet quitting - Ive always heard it as a “Im not going to work and just see how long it takes them to notice.” I might not be interpreting the phrase correctly, but the larger and more institutionalized industries get the more people get by with just showing up, not doing any work, and taking a paycheck for simply existing in that space for 8 hours a day.
I see this every day at my job and it’s not totally the employees fault. When Covid started half the company got to work from home and the other half had to go in to work everyday. Eventually the second group became bitter and started resigning in droves so the employees who stayed got overwhelmed and completely burned out. Now that they are all burned out the next stage becomes apathy and that is how you get your workforce to engage in “quiet quitting.”
When I was at the army we were assigned to do tasks at the unit and when we were done we were immediately assigned another task and another and another. So what we did Is we stopped reporting to the sergeant that we completed the task right away to have some time to rest. We could complete the task In an hour and report back after another hour and the sergeant would still be like “Good, now do this thing”. You are not going to be better appreciated for doing more so try to balance your workload the way you please your employer and have time for yourself.
It's also called "being fair". The company will give the bare minimum, we will do the bare minimum. The company treat us like machines, we will treat it like a routine. The company won't care, we will not care. Simple, corporate has been treating us employees like this for a very long time, now employees are realising it.
I swear the new generations are asking to be hand fed & acquire all the achievements of someone who works hard to get ahead. Have fun living in a trailer at 65.
That’s just doing your job. You get more efficient at what you’re doing over time, it takes less effort. You will have more energy to take care of other things in your life - that’s how it’s supposed to be.
Yeah, if you’re there emotionally and you’ve worked hard, asked the proper route for promotions and raises, and you’re now stuck not being able to move forward; that’s a good opportunity to make a move in a different direction. I think doing the same amount of work you’ve done before is justified because it’s your reputation and character that will follow you when you leave. If you begin to fall back below a standard that you yourself set with your colleagues then you’re really hurting yourself more. I also believe you have the right to feel jaded and angry about things too, and know it’s still better to perform to the highest standards you’ve set but make plans to leave for better opportunities. Every one of your colleagues will stand behind you and support your efforts to achieve your goals WAY more by practicing this ethic as well. It fosters so many positive outcomes for you in the end.
Quiet quitting has been around forever, it used to be just called going to work. But today's youth has to put a stupid label on everything and think they invented something new. Quiet quitters are the type that believe there are no ladders anyone can climb. To an employer, they just see an unambitious employee that fills the seat, still gets the job done by the requirements and will never be a promotion consideration. Once you burn out, you're easily replaced.
Quiet quitting is really just working to the point of never getting promoted, but doing enough to get by. Nothing wrong with that if your ambition is more about work life balance and prioritizing your family and social life. Or just wanting a stress free job. Others want more challenges at work and will take on more with the hopes of moving up. Quiet quitting isn’t a bad thing. A company actually wants as many of these people as possible for entry level positions because they won’t get hurt when they don’t get promoted and if they aren’t treated harshly they’ll probably never leave. Less turnover that way.
Why would I go above and beyond doing things that I didn’t sign up for without compensation, promotion, or a higher annual increase when my company is underpaying for my position? This mentality is why unions were formed in the first place. As the embracing of remote work continues, the power dynamic is dramatically shifting in the workplace and workers are feeling it.
Been there done that. They increased my targets so much, that it was an effective payout. I cruised for 18 months, whilst re charging, at their expense, and whilst planning next move. Same circus, different clowns, as it transpired. But, point is, they do not own you, not even slightly.
People really are trying to say this enough times for it to become the truth. Don't go to work and do favors your busy! I watched my dad work himself raw taking on extra responsibilitys for years and all he was reward with was criticism.
Exactly what im doing right now with half an eye on recruitment apps waiting for something i would enjoy.i work harder than most and still get sqeezed for more,so now they get less
Dont let them flip the script with BS wordplay. It is "doing your job", "working to contract" and "meeting every expectation for your role", not "quiet quitting."
Why go above and beyond these days, I did so for a year straight and did the job of 3 people, I ended up taking a certified approved week off due to burn out and that whole week I kept getting harassed by my boss not only on my work phone but personal phone. When I asked her to stop messaging while I was on an approved leave she tried the scare tactic and saying this would go against my performance. I am a 40yr old woman and have spent the better part of the last 20 years in the corporate world and let's just it's not the dream life. Since then I stopped going above and beyond in the corporate world. I do my 8hrs a day and give 100% during those 8hrs...when the clock hits 3:30pm it's a hard stop for me. It's no wonder so many people would rather have multiple side hustles/incomes coming in doing things they love, that make them happy, and at the end of day feel appreciated. Corporate = Toxic/Crooked environment
Quiet quitting is AKA "working your wage". EXTRA effort demands EXTRA compensation. People will put in extra effort for a time on the PROMISE of future reward, but if that reward never becomes REALITY they "dial it back".
People do extra effort now based on the expectation of greater reward in the future. When that expectation is gone so is the motivation for extra efforrt
This has been around longer than what some youngens may think. I'm Gen X and 90% of people I worked with did just that. Because everyone evenyually knows that jobs mostly don't pay well. So I got out and opened my own business. Now I employ people and when hiring I ask what they want to (or think they should) make. If I can afford it thats what I pay. If I genuinely cannot then I don't hire them. I don't want precisely that - someone not caring at all because they feel they're underpaid. Horrible outcome for everyone.
and then there's "Quiet Hiring" where they pay you as little as possible and expect you to do the work of 3 people.
Exactly.
No that's called work.
@@larryshores9402 Nah, that's called losing your employee to another place of work willing to pay more for the service. That's capitalism, the demand for an employee is high, the supply is low, pay people what it's worth.
If you have a business that can't pay a living wage, well per the free market, the business should not exist and be filled by one that can.
Loll that’s been happening since the history of labor exchange
@@synchronize8148 That doesn't excuse the practice.
The fact that "doing your job" has become weaponised as "you aren't doing enough" is insane
On the other side we've had companies quiet promoting people by gradually tripling your workload without the title or increased pay.
You end up burning out as they wring every last drop of productivity out of you and then leave voluntarily so they don't pay unemployment and then find someone new to grind into paste😂
@@cappehnkrunchExactly right.. my goal running my business is to get as much work for as little pay as possible, while the employee's goal is the opposite. Not sure why that is controversial or surprising
@@Elladril the unspoken dance
Some people have passion for their work, it doesn’t apply to all people
@@ElladrilThat's the end goal, though there are lines that have been crossed such as amazon warehouse employees needing to pee in bottles or they'd get fired for not performing as expected, the employees don't have the leverage to just not work or they'd be homeless which is a vulnerability that the greediest, most Inhuman companies will gladly exploit.
Call it what it is. Acting your wage.
Act your wage is the correct term
micro-managaing promotes it
Nice play on words
@@mba2ceothat's what he just said.
@@realsamhydeand the next guy agreed. Go away.
That's not quitting. That's doing the job I'm paid to do. Sounds like quiet paying, where an employer pays the minimum but expects the maximum.
Quiet Paying. Imma use that lol
💯 🎉
Didn’t think of it that way, makes sense!
Manager ask me why im not running for orders ( i think she was just rubbing in the fact there was no more overtime and hope i find something else
That's with ALL JOBS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 they all greedy af
There’s quiet firing where the employer isn’t going to really fire you but they’re also not going to promote you or pay you more even if you’re exceeding expectations and going above and beyond.
Perfect.
That's exactly where you practice this there are jobs were there is no reason whatsoever do go above and beyond you will not get a raise or even aword of appreciation infact being more efficient means they will heap more on you
we call it "capitalism"
This! Been there done that.
Yes they only give you 4 hour shifts hoping you quit.
you do the minimal requirement to fulfill the job you are being paid for. and suddenly its called "Quitting" i love this society, so fucking fair and just
It’s corporate propaganda born from liberal newspapers in NY & DC owned by big monopoly companies and spread throughout linked in. Don’t allow that kinda language to take over
true facts
Imagine an employer telling you what they want to pay you to do, and then you doing it, for an amount of money all parties involved agreed upon. Wild.
Above. And. Beyond. Examine those three words. Slowly. That's extras. You don't think you should pay extra for 🤬 extras? Really?
Crazy talk!
Not easy to know exactly what to pay people.
Imagine living in the US and being so stupid and cruel that you side with the employer over "quiet quitting."
And people agreeing to a salary is a lil different when one side is just trying to get away with paying the bare minimum amount and the other side is just trying to fucking exist.
You know how many homeless people in this country work full time jobs? Most of them.
I will never, ever, EVER understand how you could live in the same country as the coal wars, the t-shirt factory fire, the radium girls, and a damn near 50% poverty rate despite being the wealthiest nation on Earth and STILL not be on the side of labor.
@@Airdaman1enough to where if they work 40 hour weeks they're able to afford to live relatively comfortably with enough savings for that $400 emergency in your general area. It's really not that difficult. If you're hiring it means you need the job done. People need to live. In this country you can't live without a living wage. If someone works for you even close to full time and are still living paycheck to paycheck you're not paying them enough.
And if you can't afford to pay them enough, then you shouldn't be worrying about a work force anyway. You're obviously not big enough to justify one.
I'll never forget learning this lesson years ago, I was doing 3 different roles at the job and was relied on a lot to get things done when they needed to. My colleague eventually sat me down "Your an idiot, I get paid the exact same amount as you only I do less then half the work" took like a decade before the lesson really stuck but it's so important set boundaries and work in a sustainable way.
People are just sick and tired of being exploited for their good nature. Knowing full well the company will not return the favor when the roles are reversed.
Well said.
Then stop working for corporations and start freelancing skilled labor? Or does that take up too much time away from your “me time”.
@@EmazingGuitar why so snarky about a very honest and true statement? Perhaps you’re one of the people doing the exploiting and finding it more difficult these days?
100%. Story time : my friend was a top producer at work. Awards etc. there 4 years. Lay offs came and out he went. Same with me. Twice.
True. Instead of give you an incentive to work hard you get a punishment for working hard.
Let's say Bob has a job that takes 6hrs to complete, and busts ass and completes it in 4.5hrs. Instead of praise or reward, what really happens is you are now required to have it done in under 5hrs every time from now on, and get nothing for it.
Another example is when a job takes 2 ppl to complete, yet 1 quits or takes leave and the remaining employee finds a way to complete the job by themselves, often in a risky or unpleasant way that isn't long term sustainable, and the reward they get is the other position doesn't get filled again, so now you have to do it alone bc we see that it can somehow be done, and it costs us half as much so screw you but thanks for doing such a good job. Here's a $0.15 raise.
Never give your employer 100% ever no matter what.
Quiet quitting is basically a concept which many people have been practicing for a long time already.
Providing you are in a profession and position in which the role isn't easily replaceable, then doing the minimum you can probably get away with it.
This is the attitude people can also develop from organisations not compensating them favourably.
If you want people to perform above average, work late and deliver great work and to go the extra mile, you need to provide an incentive for this upfront, otherwise why would people do it.
It isn’t even the minimum - it’s literally just doing the job I’m hired to do - “acting my wage”. If I’m a manager, I don’t work a the district manager level - I hand district management issues and duties to the district manager to handle. That’s what HE gets paid to do. No grandiose thinking , like, “if I go above and beyond” they’ll know I can be counted on & possibly promote me…”
Because - they will NEVER see your worth & just take it for granted that you’ll always do the higher work for the lesser pay.
Not to mention, it's not as if doing someone else's job is some kind of high-road. No one asked you to take on additional tasks, and no one will reward you for doing them.
You pay minimum, you get minimum.
I will be genuinely surprised if you ever make over $20 an hour that was the slowest shit I’ve ever heard in my life
@munch_2004 programmers make $150k with this same attitude bucko
You do the minimum and you get paid the minimum
And you will stay being paid minimum
That's a broke, minimum wage attitude.
Imagine a world where companies and their owners systematically pay you more when you go over what you are paid for, rather than you doing more in the uncertain hope that you might get paid more in the form of a bonus which isn't quantified at the begin of the contract.
I love how they managed to rebrand “doing your job as your role stated and am compensated for” as quitting 😂
Wild we have a special name now for how most people worked for most of their careers through out history.
When I'm hired as an employee, I sign a contract with my employer & we both agree what my job duties are & what my compensation is. If my job duties are going to be increased then we need to renegotiate my compensation. Simple as.
Exactly
My boss recently pointed out that my job duties say “other duties as assigned”, so they can get away with making me do things that aren’t listed. And they wonder why people don’t “go above and beyond”. It’s because you haven’t earned the loyalty or respect of your employees.
Whilst I do agree with this, it only really applies if you have critical skills, which are not easily replaced.
In most cases, if you start causing trouble by demanding more money, they'll just manage you out of the job, and replace you with someone more compliant.
I’m blessed to not have ran into this problem I’ve put in my hours and more and been promoted several times for it and now am moving on to a better opportunity at a different company. It’s wise to gauge your situation, sometimes it’s worth going above and beyond and sometimes it isn’t.
Expecting work for no pay is irrational.
Nay. 'Wicked' is the word you're looking for.
Organizations keep quiet paying for years, and workers are quiet quitting now.
I’ve done that before . If they aren’t going to respect your work and your efforts and support you with issues that arise it’s time to find new employment
Imagine an agreement being made between you and an employer to do certain tasks for a specified amount of money. Then imagine you do all those tasks as asked to the quickest and best of your ability and getting told you’re a bad employee for not “going above and beyond” and doing more than what was agreed to lmao if you wanted more stuff done say that then pay the guy more.
So quiet quitting is doing what you are paid to do??? Ok big employer
Quiet quitters are the most likely to get laid off, if you're an adult you'll understand how important the stability of your job is 👍
@@EivorOdinson gonna get laid off for what? Doing your job?
@@kylefleming7680 no dude but if you're the worst worker there and they need to get rid of somebody because of funding etc etc you will be the first to go, I don't know how people struggle to understand this. And say goodbye to any raises lmao, I actually wanna move up thanks
Or you can quit being a stupid p*** on and learn how to run your own business and thrive. Didn't take me long to realize being an employee was an absolute joke of the century.
Complacency.
Why don't we call "paying you the bare minimum, just enough to survive but not enough to thrive" quiet firing?
People only dial back when there is no reward for going the extra mile. Simply by giving your employees quarterly bonuses based upon company and individual performance, annual/semiannual raises, and promotions is a great way to encourage employees to work harder and more efficient. People work for money and more money is more commitment. What has happened was to many college graduates got managerial positions without moving through the ranks and believe employees are only a cost and not assets.
Its doing the job you are paid to do. Wild concept.
Quiet quitters is a word made of by employers who do not want to pay their employees enough and expect way more than what they're paying for do not work for free go in where you're supposed to go in and leave when you're supposed to leave but you soon be taken advantage of just because the employer wants free labor
We're really at that moment where NOT going above and beyond is called "Quiet Quitting" 😂😂
Quiet Quitting is doing your job at the level they hired you at and not being abused by your employer bc they don't give you fair compensation.
When an employer does not give any raises when you are the number one producer in the company, how can you blame that employee
Been in the same job 13 years and put in all my energy, time and used to stress about my job 24/7. Not 1 raise, not 1 positive recognition, so yes after so many years of 0 effort from the company to make you feel like you are worth something I have silently quit but actively looking for a new job. A lot of companies take advantage of talent and keep them in a box. I’m done with it, I need to thrive and use my creativity like I was born to do. ❤️
Quite quiting , my favorite quote is malicious obedience. Or maleviolance
Show up on time to work, do my job, then go home when my hours are up for the day....what's wrong with that?
It’s great. I took this approach a couple years ago!
People who went above and beyond for years and got exploited begin to quiet quit when they no longer accept to be exploited. People who never worked hard to begin with are not quiet quitters.
Exactly
No they had probably already learned that lesson from watvhing their parents go above and beyond and get f all fir it.
quiet quitting is when you just stop showing for work, and not tell anyone, and find out how long it takes for them to even notice your absence.
That just makes the people willing to go above and beyond easier to stand out and get promoted and pay raises .
He’s said the same exact thing like 3 times in a row and now im freaking reading it again in the comments.
Dude is defining what something is…why is everyone acting like he’s coming for us?? as long as everyone keeps their mouth shut they can’t do shit.
It ain't quiet quitting, baby. It's acting your wage.
I quit my substitute teaching job after my failure to engage the 8th graders. I felt I was in with prison inmates and not with teenagers. 2 gangs in the classroom blankly disregarding my instructions. Only 6 children were interested in my services. The school deleted my name from substitute teaching. I cannot do this “quiet quitting” because I do care about giving my best.
I asked myself before living “what am I doing here.” The answer was obvious: “throwing pearls to the swine”
Quietly quit my job about 3 months back after terrible burnout. Job literally was killing my soul. Just doing the bare minimum now until I have a new job.
Good for you 👏 hopefully you have a better job
It used to be that going above and beyond got you noticed and got you better rewards. That ended over 20 years ago but no one said anything so they have just been hoping workers would go above and beyond for the hope of better reward. But that better reward doesn't come. The only way you can move upward now is to change jobs. So at each job do what you are expected to do, and work the hours you are scheduled. When it's the end of your shift you stop clock out and come back the next day.
How crazy is that, doing the work you are paid for.
A number of years ago,
I was pulled into the office and I was asked why I wasn't going above and beyond (which I did have the capability to),
To which I gave some very good reasons, and calmly stated that I have no reason to work any harder... since there was no financial reward....
His response: "You have to get this idea of incentives out of your head"
So guess who still didn't work any harder???
Pay me the minimum... and you'll get the minimum.
Work as you are paid for...😅😂 Doing more things don't guarantee being appreciated.
A as r a nonprofit, I learned that if we go above and beyond, TPTB will see that and say “why do we need to budget for another employee when we’re getting the work done with just one person?”
It’s wild.
I love my work. You get forty hours. I’m doing some grocery shopping on your dime. I’m also answering emails on my days off. Because Thursdays and Fridays are my days off and timely communication is key. So ima abuse you like you abuse me and we cool.
People have been doing this for decades. It's not a new concept. They just came up with a catchy phrase to describe it. We used to say "just collecting a check".
- You're fired because your performance has fallen. If you get your emoloyees to sign a contract that states you can fire them anytime for any reason, this works perfectly. I've done it.
Quiet quitting sounds like having good boundaries 😂
That’s a derisive definition of “quiet quitting.” QQ = no longer going above & beyond, but performing the job as stipulated. “The bare minimum” is really rather a sneer at doing work AT WORK & refusing to take it home with you. As a work culture we’ve become so used to the idea that you’re supposed to do 120% (passion! hustle! teamwork!) that employers think something’s wrong if you’re only doing 100%. You got hired to do the job, not the job+.
Silently quitting a job can have negative consequences for both the individual and the organization. It can cause confusion, disrupt workflow, and reflect poorly on professionalism. Open and honest communication is key to minimizing these effects and maintaining positive relationships for future success.
When employees say . . .screw YOU
We have an old phrase for that in german, it's called "Dienst nach Vorschrift".
I'm quiet quiting at one of my professor's classes not going well😂
Your job is to do your job. A lot of places don’t need your incentive, ideas, initiative.
"They're just doing their job, they're not volunteering"
I like the part where he kills his own argument in utero.
He just explained every single government employee.
Ive never thought that to be quiet quitting - Ive always heard it as a “Im not going to work and just see how long it takes them to notice.”
I might not be interpreting the phrase correctly, but the larger and more institutionalized industries get the more people get by with just showing up, not doing any work, and taking a paycheck for simply existing in that space for 8 hours a day.
This is why you work for yourself. Cannot quit yourself.
All I hear is, "Quiet quitting is when you continue to do your job."
How I got layed off. When I got that call while on lunch working from home I felt like a weight was lifted off my showers. Definitely a blessing.
If you’re the boss; you set out the conditions. You get what you deserve.
This recently happend to me.. I was just tired of the insane expectations from my boss.. So now I'm doing what I'm paid for
I see this every day at my job and it’s not totally the employees fault. When Covid started half the company got to work from home and the other half had to go in to work everyday. Eventually the second group became bitter and started resigning in droves so the employees who stayed got overwhelmed and completely burned out. Now that they are all burned out the next stage becomes apathy and that is how you get your workforce to engage in “quiet quitting.”
In Germany we call this "Dienst nach Vorschrift" (Do the minimum).
We usually do this, when weve been badly disappointed by the employer.
Well a person hasn't had a raise in 8 years, I don't blame them for doing this.
When I was at the army we were assigned to do tasks at the unit and when we were done we were immediately assigned another task and another and another. So what we did Is we stopped reporting to the sergeant that we completed the task right away to have some time to rest. We could complete the task In an hour and report back after another hour and the sergeant would still be like “Good, now do this thing”. You are not going to be better appreciated for doing more so try to balance your workload the way you please your employer and have time for yourself.
It's also called "being fair". The company will give the bare minimum, we will do the bare minimum. The company treat us like machines, we will treat it like a routine. The company won't care, we will not care. Simple, corporate has been treating us employees like this for a very long time, now employees are realising it.
Because Loyalty is meant to go both ways. You reap what you sow.
You're explaining 75% of all the work force. Taxed on every breath and action just to survive.
Nice, I’m gonna try that at work.
When you’re paid like crap, treated like crap, and given unrealistic assignments, what do employers expect?
I swear the new generations are asking to be hand fed & acquire all the achievements of someone who works hard to get ahead. Have fun living in a trailer at 65.
That’s just doing your job. You get more efficient at what you’re doing over time, it takes less effort. You will have more energy to take care of other things in your life - that’s how it’s supposed to be.
It's not quitting, it's how you are supposed to work! You do what you are paid for and that is it
Imagine an employer treating you like a fkn student in school so degrading.
Usually quiet quiting means that the real quitting is right behind the corner.
Yeah, if you’re there emotionally and you’ve worked hard, asked the proper route for promotions and raises, and you’re now stuck not being able to move forward; that’s a good opportunity to make a move in a different direction. I think doing the same amount of work you’ve done before is justified because it’s your reputation and character that will follow you when you leave. If you begin to fall back below a standard that you yourself set with your colleagues then you’re really hurting yourself more. I also believe you have the right to feel jaded and angry about things too, and know it’s still better to perform to the highest standards you’ve set but make plans to leave for better opportunities. Every one of your colleagues will stand behind you and support your efforts to achieve your goals WAY more by practicing this ethic as well. It fosters so many positive outcomes for you in the end.
Quiet quitting has been around forever, it used to be just called going to work. But today's youth has to put a stupid label on everything and think they invented something new. Quiet quitters are the type that believe there are no ladders anyone can climb. To an employer, they just see an unambitious employee that fills the seat, still gets the job done by the requirements and will never be a promotion consideration. Once you burn out, you're easily replaced.
quiet quitting is just doing your job. if you want extra work done then put it on the job description and bump the pay up a little.
Quiet quitting is really just working to the point of never getting promoted, but doing enough to get by. Nothing wrong with that if your ambition is more about work life balance and prioritizing your family and social life. Or just wanting a stress free job. Others want more challenges at work and will take on more with the hopes of moving up. Quiet quitting isn’t a bad thing. A company actually wants as many of these people as possible for entry level positions because they won’t get hurt when they don’t get promoted and if they aren’t treated harshly they’ll probably never leave. Less turnover that way.
Id much rather quiet quit than go for some promotion ill never get
Why would I go above and beyond doing things that I didn’t sign up for without compensation, promotion, or a higher annual increase when my company is underpaying for my position?
This mentality is why unions were formed in the first place. As the embracing of remote work continues, the power dynamic is dramatically shifting in the workplace and workers are feeling it.
Sounds like a great idea 💡🥛😉
Thank you comments section, glad the world hasn’t gone completely mad
Been there done that. They increased my targets so much, that it was an effective payout. I cruised for 18 months, whilst re charging, at their expense, and whilst planning next move. Same circus, different clowns, as it transpired. But, point is, they do not own you, not even slightly.
I love quiet quitters, less competition for promotions
People really are trying to say this enough times for it to become the truth. Don't go to work and do favors your busy! I watched my dad work himself raw taking on extra responsibilitys for years and all he was reward with was criticism.
Guy just explained regular employment
Exactly what im doing right now with half an eye on recruitment apps waiting for something i would enjoy.i work harder than most and still get sqeezed for more,so now they get less
sounds like being an average employee here in Italy 🇮🇹
Dont let them flip the script with BS wordplay. It is "doing your job", "working to contract" and "meeting every expectation for your role", not "quiet quitting."
My pay need to go above and beyond for me to go above and beyond
Quiet quitting is the best thing that has ever existed in corporate jobs yo! It has always existed, but never in this measure.
Why go above and beyond these days, I did so for a year straight and did the job of 3 people, I ended up taking a certified approved week off due to burn out and that whole week I kept getting harassed by my boss not only on my work phone but personal phone. When I asked her to stop messaging while I was on an approved leave she tried the scare tactic and saying this would go against my performance. I am a 40yr old woman and have spent the better part of the last 20 years in the corporate world and let's just it's not the dream life.
Since then I stopped going above and beyond in the corporate world. I do my 8hrs a day and give 100% during those 8hrs...when the clock hits 3:30pm it's a hard stop for me.
It's no wonder so many people would rather have multiple side hustles/incomes coming in doing things they love, that make them happy, and at the end of day feel appreciated.
Corporate = Toxic/Crooked environment
If you do what you've always done, then you get what you've always gotten.
Quiet Quitting aka doing your job.
Quiet quitting is AKA "working your wage".
EXTRA effort demands EXTRA compensation. People will put in extra effort for a time on the PROMISE of future reward, but if that reward never becomes REALITY they "dial it back".
I’m not doing anything more if there’s not extra compensation
People do extra effort now based on the expectation of greater reward in the future. When that expectation is gone so is the motivation for extra efforrt
This has been around longer than what some youngens may think. I'm Gen X and 90% of people I worked with did just that. Because everyone evenyually knows that jobs mostly don't pay well. So I got out and opened my own business.
Now I employ people and when hiring I ask what they want to (or think they should) make. If I can afford it thats what I pay. If I genuinely cannot then I don't hire them. I don't want precisely that - someone not caring at all because they feel they're underpaid. Horrible outcome for everyone.